Garment-supporter.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

i :1 non PATENT oEEIoE.

EANNIE L. DE GRAEF, or PORTLAND, oEE'GoN.

GARlVlENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application led Gctober 30, 1906. Serial No. 341,351.

T a/'ZZ whom it ina/y concern:

Be it known that I, FANNIE L. DE GEAFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Garment-Supporters, of whic the following is a specification.

This invention is a garment-supporter, and has for its object to provide an improved device for connecting a skirt and waist so lthat the weight of the former will be borne I: by the shoulders and not by the hips.

Y 'v elevation of a portion thereof.

and `are sectional views on the lines 3, 4 and 5, respectively, of Fig. 2 showing the applica-v I A further object is to provide a su porter which can be readily attached and which will hold the garments in proper position without drawing the waist-bands of the garments tightly around the hip.

- In'the accompanyin drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of t e belt. Fig. 2 is an Figs.` 3, 4

tion of the invention.

,tic material.

Referring specijically to the drawing, denotes a belt which is made of suitable elas- To one end of the belt is sewed or otherwise secured an inelastic strip 11 provided at its end with a hook 12. The

other end of the belt is provided with a f similar strip 13 having an eye 14 to receive the hook .12, whereby the belt is secured to the waist of the wearer. Any other suitable fastening means may be employed. Y

To the belt 10 are sewed or otherwise secured a number of s aced strips 15 of suitable inelastic materia and where these stri s occur, are secured the pins which fasten t e garments to the belt. These pins are specially constructed and are presented on both sides of the belt, those on the inner side being intended to enga e the waist and under-waist,

and the ones on t ie outer side of the skirt and' under-skirt.

The pins on thebinnerside ofthe belt comprise an attaching shank 16 which is secured to the. belt 10 and the strip 15 by forming loops in the shank and extending the loops throughv the belt'and strip. The shank is thus fastened tg the belt and strip at their u per and lower edges as at 17 and 18, and aiso`at or about the middle as at 19. The

pin roper is indicated at 20 and is downwar 1y resented from theloo A17. At the lower e the pin. The loop 17 renders the pln resilient where 1t is retained in the guard.

with a guard 21 which receives the point of 55 Two different kinds of pins 22'and 23, re- I spectively, are employed for the outer side of the belt. The pins 22 are in all respects similar to the ones 'on the inner side of the belt, with the exception that they are presented in the opposite direction or upwardly. The in 23 is also upwardly presented. its shan 24 extends across the inner surface of the belt, and is looped as at 25 and 26 through the belt 10 and strip 15 at its upper and lower edges, respectively. From the loop 26 the shank extends across the outer surface of the strip 15 and. at or about the middle thereof it is looped through the strip and beltl as at 27 from which loop the pin extends. A guard 28 for the point of the pin is also provided..

In use, the shirt waist 29 and under-waist or other garment 30 arefastened by the pins 2O on the inner side of the belt. The underskirt 31 is fastened by the pins 22 and the outer skirt 32 by thepins'23. As the latter pins are situated' above the former, the outer skirt will be supported above the' underskirt, whereby the garments are made t'o present a neat ap earance. By spacing the pins 22 and 23 t ey are extended through one garment only so that the .supporter can be quickly and easily puton. This arrangement is especially advantageous when heavy garments are worn in view of the difficulty that would be experienced in inserting-the pins, and also the pins in supporting the garments.

The supporter holds the garments together evenly without necessitating the drawing of the waist bands tightly around the hips, and the belt can be left loose on the'waist.. It will keep straight on the waist line and transfer the strain and pull on the garments from the hips to the shoulders. As the belt is elastic it will' give when the wearer stoops or bends, and the strips 15 prevent the pins from tearing out.

The front of the belt can also be provided with pins, as indicated at 33 lfor dip-Waists and for holding the dress-belt 34 in proper position.

I.claim:-

- A garmentfsup orter comprising a belt ,ofthe belt the shan 15 is formed. I (cnjing a series o pins having their attach- IOO ing Shanks located onone side of the belt, In testimony whereof I have signed nu and looped at their ends through the belt name to this specification in the presenceadjaoent its upper and lower edges, respeel two subscribing witnesses.

tively; a pin on the opposite side of the'belt l FAN NIE L. DE GRAFF. 5 extending lfrom one of the loops; and a; Vitnesses:

guard on the other loop to receive the point KARLE MILLER of the pin. E

I F. DREssER. 

